Ship Force Levels

U.S. Navy Active Ship Force Levels, 1990-1999

1886-1889 | 1890-1899 | 1900-1909 | 1910-1916 | 1910-1919 |
1920-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 |
1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | as of 30 September each year, except 8/17/99

DATE	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
BATTLESHIPS	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CARRIERS	13	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
CRUISERS	43	47	49	52	35	32	31	30	29	27
DESTROYERS	57	47	40	37	41	47	51	56	50	52
FRIGATES	99	93	67	59	51	49	43	42	38	37
SUBMARINES	93	87	85	88	88	83	79	73	65	57
SSBNS	33	34	30	22	18	16	17	18	18	18
COMMAND SHIPS	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
MINE WARFARE	22	22	16	15	16	18	18	18	18	18
PATROL	6	6	6	2	7	12	13	13	13	13
AMPHIBIOUS	59	61	58	52	38	39	40	41	40	41
AUXILIARY	137	112	102	110	94	80	67	52	57	57
SURFACE WARSHIPS	203	188	156	148	127	128	123	122	109	106
TOTAL ACTIVE	570	529	471	454	404	392	375	359	344	336

NOTES
End of the Cold War 'peace dividend' leads to decommissioning of many older ships, especially cruisers and auxiliaries, in a manner similar to downsizing at the end of the Vietnam war. • Fall of the Berlin Wall and many East European communist governments, 1989-1990. • Gulf mobilization and war, 1990-1991. • Dissolution of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War, 1991. A rapid decline in force level is evident after the anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1989-1991.

NOTES

End of the Cold War 'peace dividend' leads to decommissioning of many older ships, especially cruisers and auxiliaries, in a manner similar to downsizing at the end of the Vietnam war.

• Fall of the Berlin Wall and many East European communist governments, 1989-1990.

• Gulf mobilization and war, 1990-1991.

• Dissolution of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War, 1991.

A rapid decline in force level is evident after the anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1989-1991.

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U.S. Navy Active Ship Force Levels, 1990-1999